Astronomers Just Watched an Asteroid Skim Through Earth’s Shadow
The short video was tricky to shoot
Many of NASA’s Recent Successes Actually Date Back to the Bush Administration
Some leaps, launches and grand plans for the future
Watch OSIRIS-REx Head to the Cosmos to Grab a Scoop of Asteroid Dust
Today, NASA will launch the spacecraft which will travel to the nearby asteroid Bennu
Journey to the Center of Earth
To Uncover Earth’s Origins, Scientists Must Look Beyond It
Missions to study the other planetary bodies in our solar system could help solve the mystery of how our own came to be.
Track These Space Rocks From Your Couch on Asteroid Day
With just a click, you can help astronomers learn more about two nearby asteroids
Meet Three of Earth’s Tiny Celestial Buddies
A handful of quasi-satellites, mini-moons and Trojan asteroids tag along with Earth as it whizzes around the sun
Scientists Spot Tiny Asteroid Tagging Along Behind The Earth
It’s our very own “quasi-moon”
Will Luxembourg Lead the Race for Space Mining?
The tiny nation announced its private industry partners for asteroid mining
Amateur Astronomers Capture an Asteroid or Comet Colliding With Jupiter
The object recently exploded in the atmosphere of the solar system’s largest planet
New NASA Images Shed Light on Ceres’ Bright Spots
Yet the dwarf planet serves up fresh mysteries
NASA Wants You to Send Your Art to an Asteroid
The agency is looking for creative contributions as it readies its mission to study and sample a near-Earth asteroid
Russia Wants to Turn Old Missiles Into an Asteroid Defense System
One of the world’s deadliest missiles could become a planetary life-saver
4.5 Billion-Year-Old Meteorite Found in the Australian Desert
This 3.7 pound rock could help scientists learn about Earth’s origins
Watch a NASA Scientist School the Empire on How to Build a Better Death Star
Darth Vader could have saved a few dollars by building it around an asteroid
An Asteroid Will Buzz by Earth on Halloween
Don’t worry—it won’t interrupt your Halloween plans
Asteroid Impacts Once Made the Earth’s Oceans Boil for A Whole Year
Life had it rough back then
The Time a Space Observatory Was Mistaken for a Second Moon
For 13 hours, the space observatory Gaia was misidentified as a natural satellite orbiting Earth
Dawn Spacecraft Sends First Color Images of Ceres
Red and blue tell the tale of a dwarf planet covered in rock and ice
Scientists Bombard the Earth With Asteroids to Practice Saving It
The Planetary Defense Conference doesn’t just have papers and seminars. It also has an asteroid disaster scenario to solve.
An Asteroid Boulder Will Be A Stepping Stone on the Journey to Mars
NASA announces details in its plan to capture an asteroid and bring it into lunar orbit
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